The genus Clubiona Latreille, 1904 (Araneae: Clubionidae) in the Maghreb, with notes on the genevensis group and new records from the Mediterranean Region
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Bosmans, Robert
Author
Henrard, Arnaud
Author
Benhalima, Souâd
Author
Kherbouche-Abrous, Ourida
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-22
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Clubiona phragmitis
(
C. L. Koch, 1843
)
(
Figs 88–94
; Map 5)
Clubiona phragmitis
C. L. Koch, 1843
: 135
, figs 846, 847 (♂♀ syntypes from Germany, Erlangen, not examined, depository unknown);
Denis 1945
: 54
(cit.).
Diagnosis
. Males are recognised by the RTA with two unequal, blunt processes and the hook-like embolus (
Fig. 94
), females by epigyne with four elongated structures visible in transparency (
Figs 90, 91
).
Description
. Last described by
Kim & Lee (2014)
and also excellently by
Almquist (2006)
.
Previous citations in the Maghreb.
MOROCCO:
Fès-Meknès
: Timhadit (
Denis 1945
).
New
records.
AFRICA:
ALGERIA
:
Boumerdes
:
Réghaia
, estuaryof
Oued Réghaia
,
25m
,
1 ♀
, in marshy area,
24.
II.1986
,
R. Bosmans
leg. (CRB). EUROPE
:
BELGIUM
:
Wallonia
:
Andenne
,
Réserve de Sclaigneaux
, calcareous meadow,
1 ♀
, pitfall,
06.
IV.2012
,
P. Oger
leg. (CPO)
;
Flanders
:
Genk
,
De Maten
,
1 ♂
1 ♀
, beating plants near pond,
13.VI.2014
,
P. Oger
leg. (CPO)
.
PORTUGAL
:
Faro
:
Barrage de Alcoutim
,
1 subadult
♂
2 ♀♀
, marshy area below the dam,
18.II.2006
,
R. Bosmans
leg. (CRB)
.
SPAIN
:
Cordoba
:
Alcolea
,
1 ♂
, litter along
Rio Guadalquir
,
10.IV.1994
,
R. Bosmans
leg. (CRB).
Islas Baleares
:
Menorca
:
Cala n’Portel
,
1 ♀
,
27.IX.1970
,
D. J. Clark
leg. (
BMNH
).
Palencia
:
Fuentes de Nava
, 1 ♂, pitfalls,
24.VI.1996
, U. Stengele leg. (CRB).
FRANCE
:
Bouches-du-Rhône
:
Aigues Mortes
,
1 ♂
,
IV.1984
,
P. Poot
leg. (CRB).
Pyrénées-Orientales
:
Milas
, dike along
river Tet
, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, in herbs,
6.VII.1991
, R. Bosmans leg. (CRB).
Vendée
: Olonne, chemin de la Bernarderie, fixed dunes, 1♀,
15.VII.2013
, P. Oger leg. (CPO).
Ecology.
C. phragmitis
is a true wetland species. In the Maghreb it was only collected in the estuary of the Oued Réghaia near Alger.
Distribution.
C. phragmitis
is rare in the Maghreb. It was cited only once in
Morocco
(
Denis 1945
) and is here recorded for the first time on the coast of
Algeria
.
FIGURES 88–94.
Clubiona phragmitis
C. L. Koch, 1843: 88
female (from Belgium) habitus, dorsal view; 89 same, ventral view; 90 female (from Belgium) epigyne, ventral view; 91 same (from France); 92 vulva (from France), dorsal view; 93 male (from Belgium) palp, retrolateral view; 94 same, ventral view. Scale bars: 88, 89 = 1 mm; 90–94 = 0.2 mm.
MAP 5.
Records of
Clubiona phragmitis
C. L. Koch, 1843
and
C. pseudosimilis
Mikhailov,
1990
in the Maghreb.